> Hi all, > > Installing 5.5 on a fresh system having an Intel RAID. > > My 2 drives are configured as a mirror within the Intel BIOS. > > When starting my install, Anaconda throws an exception. > > After a brief goog, I see one possible fix is - at the install prompt, > type; > > linux text nodmraid > > This is fine and all but Centos sees 2 disks at this point rather then > 1 which is what I thought the Intel RAID controller would present to > the OS. > > I am pretty much tarded when it comes to installs as I usually boot of > a DVD, enter some choices based on requirements and off I go. > > I once compiled a network driver into the initrd and remade my boot > disk but that seems beyond me now. > > Any help is greatly appreciated. You are much better off disabling the fake raid in bios and just using software raid: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/SoftwareRAIDonCentOS5 http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Deployment_Guide-en-US/s1-raid-config.html Or Google: centos 5 software raid.